- Consumer confidence slides as Americans grow wary of high costs and sluggish job gains
Source: Associated Press
“U.S. consumers were much less confident in the economy in November in the aftermath of the government shutdown, weak hiring and stubborn inflation. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dropped to 88.7 in November from an upwardly revised October reading of 95.5, the lowest reading since April, when President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs that caused the stock market to plunge. The figures suggest that Americans are increasingly wary of high costs and sluggish job gains, with perceptions of the labor market worsening, the survey found.” (11/25/25)
https://apnews.com/article/consumer-confidence-economy-55848421b5ff33ed244c8a4291f7facf
- Jakarta surpasses Tokyo as world’s biggest city
Source: United Press International
“In just seven years, Jakarta, Indonesia, took a giant leap from 33rd biggest city in the world to surpass Tokyo at the top of the list. The city has grown to 42 million residents. Nearly half the world’s population now lives in cities, and the number of megacities such as Jakarta, which are home to more than 10 million people each, has ballooned from less than 10 to more than 30 in the last 50 years, according to a United Nations report. … According to the report, the world’s three largest cities are Jakarta and its 42 million residents; Dhaka, Bangladesh, with nearly 40 million residents; and Tokyo, with roughly 33 million residents, the report said. The only non-Asian city in the top 10, the U.N. found, is Cairo, Egypt.” (11/25/25)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/11/25/jakarta-worlds-biggest-city/6671764099677/
- Flights cancelled after Ethiopia volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years forming huge ash cloud
Source: Independent [UK]
“A volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending a vast ash cloud across major air corridors in the Red Sea and forcing airlines in India and the Middle East to cancel or divert flights. The Hayli Gubbi volcano, located in Ethiopia’s Afar region near the Eritrean border, erupted on Sunday for several hours, spewing ash up to 14km (nine miles) into the atmosphere. Thick plumes were tracked drifting over Yemen and Oman before spreading across Pakistan and into northern India on Monday and Tuesday, according to the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre and the India Meteorological Department.” (11/25/25)
- Bitcoin Core Completes First Public Security Audit
Source: Bitcoin.com
“Bitcoin Core, the widely used software running the world’s largest blockchain, has completed its first publicly available third-party security audit. The review was conducted by cybersecurity firm Quarkslab, funded by Brink, and coordinated by the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF). The engagement marks a major milestone for Bitcoin’s security lifecycle, providing an independent examination of software that secures trillions of dollars in value. Bitcoin Core has evolved significantly since 2009, with more than 46,000 commits and contributions from dozens of developers. Despite its maturity, the project had never undergone a full public audit from an external firm, an absence this review aimed to address.” (11/25/25)
https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-completes-first-public-security-audit/
- NY: Mamdani’s pick for community safety committee Alex Vitale is anti-cop professor who penned “The End of Policing”
Source: New York Post
“One of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team picks to advise on community safety is an author who once penned a book titled ‘The End of Policing.’ Alex Vitale, a Brooklyn College sociology professor, was among those tapped on Monday to help staff Mamdani’s committee on community safety amid the mayoral turnover. ‘I’m excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC,’ Vitale posted on X touting the news. The liberal professor is behind the 2017 anti-cop book — that decries ‘broken windows’ and other proactive policies. ‘The problem is not police training, police diversity, or police methods. The problem is the dramatic and unprecedented expansion and intensity of policing in the last 40 years, a fundamental shift in the role of police in society,’ a description of the book reads.” (11/25/25)
- Judge gives US DOJ a day to detail Ghislaine Maxwell trial materials to be released
Source: Albany Times Union
“A federal judge in Manhattan is demanding more information from the Justice Department as he weighs its request to unseal records from the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to tell him what materials it plans to publicly release that were subject to secrecy orders in the British socialite’s case. The deadline: Noon on Wednesday. Engelmayer’s order came after the Justice Department on Monday asked for his permission to release grand jury records, exhibits and discovery materials in the Maxwell case. Engelmayer said government lawyers must file a letter on the case docket describing materials it wants to release ‘in sufficient detail to meaningfully inform victims’ what it plans to make public.” (11/25/25)
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/judge-gives-justice-department-a-day-to-detail-21208378.php
- Adolescence lasts into 30s: New study shows four pivotal ages for your brain
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“The brain goes through five distinct phases in life, with key turning points at ages nine, 32, 66 and 83, scientists have revealed. Around 4,000 people up to the age of 90 had scans to reveal the connections between their brain cells. Researchers at the University of Cambridge showed that the brain stays in the adolescent phase until our early thirties when we ‘peak’. They say the results could help us understand why the risk of mental health disorders and dementia varies through life. The brain is constantly changing in response to new knowledge and experience – but the research shows this is not one smooth pattern from birth to death. Instead, these are the five brain phases: Childhood (from birth to age nine); Adolescence (nine to 32); Adulthood (32 to 66); Early ageing (66 to 83); Late ageing (83 onwards).” (11/25/25)
- Venezuela: Regime demands international airlines resume flights — or else
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Venezuela has told international airlines to resume flights to the country within 48 hours or risk being stripped of their clearance to fly there altogether. Several airlines suspended their flights to Venezuela after the US aviation regulator warned on Friday of ‘heightened military activity’ in the area. The warning came as the US ramped up pressure on the Venezuelan government, sending the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the southern Caribbean as part of a larger military build-up. The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has warned Venezuela’s aviation authority that rescinding airlines’ clearance would only isolate the country further. Venezuela’s aviation authority (Inac), which reports to the country’s ministry of transport, issued the ultimatum on Monday.” (11/25/25)
- Pol agrees to pay $5 million extortion fee after getting caught allegedly not paying extortion fees
Source: The Hill
“Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) on Monday agreed to pay more than $5 million in back taxes to settle a Department of Justice lawsuit stemming from nearly two decades ago. The Justice Department filed suit against Justice early on Monday, saying that the West Virginia Republican has ‘“neglected or refused to make full payment’ of $5.16 million in debt that he and his wife owed [sic] in 2009. It was filed in the Southern District of West Virginia and at the request of the IRS. Later in the day, a separate filing showed that Justice and his wife agreed to pay back [sic] the total in full. … The IRS filed tax liens against the Justices last month to the tune of more than $8 million, also dating back to 2009. The West Virginia lawmaker indicated to reporters last month that he believed the IRS’s claims against him were politically motivated.” (11/25/25)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5621782-jim-justice-taxes-doj-suit
- Trump signs executive order for AI project called Genesis Mission to boost scientific discoveries
Source: SFGate
“President Donald Trump is directing the federal government to combine efforts with tech companies and universities to convert government data into scientific discoveries, acting on his push to make artificial intelligence the engine of the nation’s economic future. Trump unveiled the ‘Genesis Mission’ as part of an executive order he signed Monday that directs the Department of Energy and national labs to build a digital platform to concentrate the nation’s scientific data in one place. It solicits private sector and university partners to use their AI capability to help the government solve engineering, energy and national security problems, including streamlining the nation’s electric grid, according to White House officials who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity to describe the order before it was signed. Officials made no specific mention of seeking medical advances as part of the project.” (11/24/25)
- US regime to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking “boy-friendly spaces”
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“The century-old partnership between the U.S. military and Scouting could be coming to an end. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to ‘attack boy-friendly spaces,’ according to documents reviewed by NPR. In a draft memo to Congress, which sources shared with NPR but which has not yet been sent, Hegseth criticizes Scouting for being ‘genderless’ and for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. … The proposal calls for the Pentagon to no longer provide medical and logistical aid to the National Jamboree …. It also states that the military will no longer allow Scout troops to meet at military installations in the U.S. and abroad, where many bases have active Scout programs.” (11/25/25)
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-5615164/pentagon-scouting-hegseth-cut-ties
- ICC Prosecutors Say Suspected Central African Republic Militia Leader Oversaw Prison Abuse
Source: US News & World Report
“Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court told judges on Tuesday that a suspected Seleka militia leader in the Central African Republic had complete control over a prison where inmates were arbitrarily detained and abused over a decade ago. According to prosecutors, Mahamat Said Abdel Kani ran a prison where suspected supporters of then-President Francois Bozize were beaten and tortured. … Said has denied seven charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. His defence will present their closing argument later this week.” (11/25/25)
- We Need to Do Better Than Another Enlightenment
Source: Brownstone Institute
by David Bell“The average person of the Enlightenment era, it seems to me, was not sitting around in salons sharing the free flow of ideas, but being oppressed and kicked around by their enlightened compatriots or invaders. There were some good ideas and far better art and music than much of the soulless fare of today — but this arose not from a flourishing paradise but closer to, for many, a living hell. Perhaps it was poverty and harsh reality that opened Handel’s mind and inspired Rembrandt’s brush, and we now miss something that this makes us see. But this better be by choice. Looking back to former times is a good way to learn and understand, and a person ignorant of history is like a scrap of paper blown in the wind. But history was written by the literate elite and should not be confused with a destination.” (11/25/25)
https://brownstone.org/articles/we-need-to-do-better-than-another-enlightenment/
- You Must Refuse Illegal Orders. If This Be Treason, Make The Most Of It.
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp“It’s been 40 years since I spent the summer in San Diego becoming a US Marine. I’m sure things have changed since then, but I doubt they’ve changed so much that anyone graduates any armed forces boot camp without receiving instruction in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. A summary, from memory, on the section (Article 92) concerning orders: You must obey lawful orders. You must not obey unlawful orders. … If it’s ‘treason’ or ‘sedition’ to state that fact, then every instructor in every basic training class on military law is a traitor who’s been teaching treason and preaching sedition to every recruit since 1950, when the UCMJ was adopted … and probably long before that.” (11/25/25)
- Localism, Not Nationalism, Will Cure What Ails Rural America
Source: Persuasion
by Jeffery Tiler Syck“The collapse of rural towns, small industrial cities, and remote farms has coincided with the decline of local cultures. A local identity brings with it pride of place and a certain willingness to live with the disadvantages endemic to the location. When people feel that their locality serves a purpose—that it is embedded within a larger whole — they are willing to tolerate or even embrace its remoteness, slower pace of life, and faulty infrastructure. Rural Americans once thrived on a belief that for all their region’s faults, they were the backbone of the nation. But [JD] Vance’s concept of the nation does not restore this sense of local pride. Instead, it substitutes a globalized vision of tradition for a local one.” (11/25/25)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/localism-not-nationalism-will-cure
- Filling the Swamp
Source: Independent Institute
by Sam Jenson“In September 2024, U.S. border czar Tom Homan met with undercover FBI agents acting as business executives. According to sources interviewed by The New York Times, he accepted $50,000 hidden in a CAVA bag and guaranteed those undercover agents lucrative federal contracts. FBI agents recorded Homan accepting the cash as part of a broader probe into corruption within the Trump administration. This is corruption. In September, a Trump appointed DOJ official called it a ‘deep state’ probe. Despite having recorded evidence of Homan accepting the bribe, the White House denies any wrongdoing on Homan’s part. … Homan’s case is not an isolated incident.” (11/24/25)
https://www.independent.org/article/2025/11/24/filling-swamp-homan/
- Trump’s “Unlawful Orders” Dispute
Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Galen Carpenter“President Donald Trump is at the center of yet another bitter constitutional crisis. His political adversaries have mounted a concerted campaign urging military personnel to disobey any ‘illegal orders.’ Trump responded to such calls by threatening to prosecute and even execute proponents for engaging in ‘seditious behavior.’ Since the U.S. Constitution designates the president as commander-in-chief of the armed services, Trump is, of course, currently at the top of the military’s chain of command. Defiance by subordinates, he asserted, would constitute treason. There are numerous important issues at stake. They include the proper extent of the president’s powers under the Constitution, preserving civilian control of the military, the nature of the oath that military personnel take to protect and defend the Constitution, and the appropriate remedy if it appears that the president as commander-in-chief has given an unlawful order.” (11/25/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/ted_galen_carpenter/2025/11/24/trumps-unlawful-orders-dispute
- Elon Musk exposes real foreign racists with based new X feature
Source: The Hill
by Robby Soave“Location, location, location. That’s what matters now on X, because Elon Musk has just rolled out a hugely important new feature, and it’s confirming what some of us have suspected was the case for some time now. It turns out that many of the openly racist and anti-Semitic accounts on X that claim to be America First but are actually giving MAGA a bad name — well, they’re not true America First at all. In fact, they’re largely coming from Muslim countries. And now we have the proof. A week ago, Fox News personality Katie Pavlich, a friend of mine, posted on X: ‘Hey @elonmusk, please make it mandatory that wherever an account is based – country – be featured in an account’s public profile. Foreign bots are tearing America apart. Thanks.’ In response, Nikita Bier, head of product development at X, said, ‘Give me 72 hours.’ And now, X has delivered.” (11/24/25)
https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5620581-elon-musk-exposes-foreign-bots/
- The arithmetic of availability: Prospects for American grid dominance in 2030
Source: Niskanen Center
by Kenneth Sercy & Liza Reed“Energy policy debates often sound like a choice among competing visions of which type of energy would best power America’s future: ‘dispatchable,’ on-demand power produced from fossil fuels and nuclear energy, or quick-build, cheap energy from renewables such as wind and solar? If only our choice was that simplistic. The reality, however, is that between now and 2030, surging demand for energy will collide with longstanding bottlenecks on new capacity. This mismatch between supply and demand stands to limit how much energy the grid can deliver to build homes, create jobs, support national security, drive the economy — everything we count on energy to do. Meanwhile, competitors such as China are able to rapidly bring new capacity online for data centers and other economic and security imperatives.” (11/25/25)
- Outernet Integrity
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob“The Internet is a global network. Update a website or type an email over here, in a jiffy it ends up over there, even if ‘there’ is thousands of miles away. Now, in cases where the connections of the interconnection get disrupted, the electrons (well, ‘packets’) are routinely diverted to a more stable path. … But not always. Certainly not if we’re talking about a major undersea data cable. Were such a cable accidentally severed — or deliberately severed, by a hostile power practicing for war, say, the People’s Republic of China — transmission of data between affected countries may stop dead until the cable can be fixed. Declan Ganley wants to cure this particular vulnerability by building an alternative he calls the Outernet, a space-based version of the Internet that bypasses the earthbound network entirely.” (11/25/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/11/25/outernet-integrity/
- If you expect transparency on Epstein now, you don’t get the swamp
Source: USA Today
by Cameron Smith“It’s hard to imagine a greater political opportunity than releasing the full, unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files. The late financier was an unscrupulous magnet for the world’s most powerful. The task from President Donald Trump’s base was simple: Release the names, prosecute the guilty and prove that the government, when properly led, won’t protect the rich and connected. Instead, we got months of resistance, bizarre denials and attempts to frame the issue as a ‘Democrat hoax’ …. After all the performative huffing and puffing, the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed the House with just one dissenting vote, flew through the Senate and was signed into law by Trump. That’s nearly unanimous consent from a Congress that can’t agree on lunch. … One would think that would be the end of the story and transparency would flow like waterfalls. Unfortunately, that’s not how swamp water works.” (11/25/25)
- Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline
Source: TomDispatch
by Alfred McCoy“At the dawning of the British Empire in 1818, the romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley penned a memorable sonnet freighted with foreboding about the inevitable decline of all empires, whether in ancient Egypt or then-modern Britain. In Shelly’s stanzas, a traveler in Egypt comes across the ruins of a once-monumental statue, with ‘a shattered visage lying half sunk’ in desert sands bearing the ‘sneer of cold command.’ Only its ‘trunkless legs of stone’ remain standing. Yet the inscription carved on those stones still proclaims: ‘My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ And in a silent mockery of such imperial hubris, all the trappings of that awesome power, all the palaces and fortresses, have been utterly erased, leaving only a desolation ‘boundless and bare’ as ‘the lone and level sands stretch far away.'” (11/25/25)
- Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”
Source: Drop Site
by Ryan Grim & Murtaza Hussain“Epstein and Alan Dershowitz collaborated on smear campaigns against Mearsheimer, Walt, and an underage assault victim making allegations against Epstein — in the same week.” (11/25/25)
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-aided-alan-dershowitz-mearsheimer-walt-israel-lobby
- The Wobbling of King Trump
Source: Foreign Policy
by Michael Hirsh“[I]n the longer reach of Western history, Trump’s behavior is far more a rule than an exception. He is, really, just another giant ego out there smashing things and trying to rebuild them in his own image — perhaps even to the good on occasion. And there’s something strangely reassuring in that. Why? Because like the most extreme autocrats of the past, who almost invariably fell through arrogance and overreach, we’re already starting to see cracks in the reign of the would-be Emperor Donald the First.” (11/25/25)
- The Nation’s Guest
Source: Law & Liberty
by Iris de Rode“New York, August 16, 1824. The guns had scarcely fallen silent when the bells began. Bunting unfurled; apprentices scrambled onto rooftops; veterans pinned sun-faded cockades. A steamboat shrieked past Staten Island as ferries veered in for a glimpse of the man the papers called the Nation’s Guest. Then the figure who had once ridden beside Washington — older now but unmistakable — stepped ashore at Castle Garden: Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette. At the subsequent reception, ‘In they came, rich and poor, Black and white … old veterans, young soldiers.’ For thirteen months and more than six thousand miles, through all twenty-four states, variations of that scene replayed: processions, banquets, tears, toasts. Ryan L. Cole’s The Last Adieu invites us to follow Lafayette’s Farewell Tour — and asks why it mattered.” (11/25/25)
- From lawfare to lawflop: Trump case dies, but could rise again
Source: Fox News
by Jonathan Turley“If we are living in an age of lawfare, it is fast becoming a war of attrition. The dismissal of the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and current New York Attorney General Letitia James is the latest twist in the controversial prosecutions of Trump antagonists. James immediately posted a message celebrating the decision, but she may want to focus on the prepositional phrase following the word ‘dismissal’: ‘without prejudice.’ The administration may still be able to revive these cases. James’[s] victory lap on social media is a fitting addition to the opinion, which emphasized President Donald Trump’s social media postings about these cases. U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie noted that Trump had demanded the indictment of these and other individuals shortly before the charges were handed down.” (11/25/25)
- Venezuela and Trump’s Throwback Imperialism
Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison“Regime change in Venezuela has been one of Trump’s few fairly consistent policies since his first term. He sought regime change in 2019 and backed Guaido through the end of the term. Almost as soon as he was back in office, Trump had Venezuela in his sights again. Once he had picked Rubio to be his Secretary of State, the writing was on the wall. It was practically guaranteed that he would be pursuing regime change in Caracas again, and that is what we are seeing unfold right now. … Perhaps the most straightforward explanation is that Trump is a crude throwback imperialist. Overthrowing the government of a much weaker country so that the U.S. can exploit that country’s resources is what he thinks the U.S. should have always been doing.” (11/25/25)
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/venezuela-and-trumps-throwback-imperialism
- DOGE Was a Harbinger of Trump’s Assault on Decency and Privacy
Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman“My first post after I brought this Substack back to life almost a year ago was about DOGE, the not-exactly-part-of-the-government organization, headed by Elon Musk, that Donald Trump was creating to save money by eliminating ‘waste, fraud and abuse.’ DOGE would, I predicted, fail. And it did indeed fail, even more spectacularly than I expected: Although DOGE still has eight months left on its original charter, it has already been quietly disbanded. But although DOGE is gone, its malign legacy endures.” (11/25/25)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/doge-was-a-harbinger-of-trumps-assault
- An Antidote to the FDR Cult
Source: Reason
by James Bovard“If there were any doubts that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was one of the greatest scoundrels of American political history, David Beito’s new biography should settle the issue. Beito — whose previous book, The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights, did yeoman’s work exposing Roosevelt’s depredations against civil liberties — has now written FDR: A New Political Life, and it should help FDR get the villainous reputation he deserves. Treachery was the consistent theme of Roosevelt’s political life.” (11/25/25)
- A Note Of Gratitude And Appreciation
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone“It was a surprisingly exhilarating adventure packing up poster books and mailing them off to my readers. This was my first time ever physically interfacing with my audience in large numbers to any extent, and it was so beautiful going through everyone’s names and addresses and getting to send them all physical things that I could put my love into. I made so many expensive rookie mistakes and had to solve a million problems figuring out how to do this thing that I’d never attempted before, but I loved every minute of it. It filled me with so much appreciation for all of you who’ve made it possible for me to do this weird, crazy job all these years and undertake these strange projects every so often.” (11/25/25)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/11/25/a-note-of-gratitude-and-appreciation/
- Welcome to the Gerrymandering Apocalypse
Source: The Atlantic
by Marc Novicoff“America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all.” (11/25/25)
- Political Remembering and Cultural Forgetting
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Katrina Gulliver“As we look towards America’s 250th next year, it’s worth reflecting on the ways in which the events of 1776 and the Revolutionary War were remembered over the decades to follow. Note, for instance, that the Fourth of July did not become a federal holiday until 1870—long after the passing of anyone who remembered the signing of the Declaration of Independence. But in that interval, plenty of local commemorations had sprung up, and many places in the country had their own holidays and celebrations to mark events in the war. Remembrance was local and specific, marking a direct community connection to the war, until mass communication made the commemoration events more national and shared.” (11/25/25)
https://fee.org/articles/political-remembering-and-cultural-forgetting/
- Six reasons to think there’s an AI bubble — and six reasons not to
Source: Understanding AI
by Timothy B Lee & Derek Thompson“If you read this article, we think you’ll be prepared for just about every conversation about AI, whether you find yourself at a Bay Area gathering with accelerationists or a Thanksgiving debate with Luddite cousins. We think some of these arguments are compelling. We think others are less persuasive. So, throughout the article, we’ll explain both why each argument belongs in the discussion and why some arguments don’t prove as much as they claim. Read to the end, and you’ll see where each of us comes down on the debate.” (11/25/25)
https://www.understandingai.org/p/six-reasons-to-think-theres-an-ai
- Abbott’s blacklist: America’s tradition of branding dissent as treason
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Jacob Gaba“This week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott labeled the Council on American-Islamic Relations a foreign terrorist organization, and prohibited them from purchasing land in the state. That move doesn’t just have practical ramifications for CAIR’s ability to operate in Texas — it follows an all-too-familiar pattern in American history. In moments of perceived crisis, public officials cast unpopular ideological minorities as internal enemies, exploiting “security” concerns to trample on speech and belief. CAIR is a D.C.-based, national organization whose mission is to ‘enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.’ CAIR has been fiercely critical of Israel and American efforts to support Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Recently, CAIR successfully sued Abbott’s administration over executive orders that targeted pro-Palestinian campus protesters. CAIR also defended EPIC City, a Muslim-oriented development in Texas that Abbott investigated in September.” (11/25/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/abbotts-blacklist-americas-tradition-branding-dissent-treason
- Regulating Yesterday’s Market: When Innovation Moves Faster Than the Law
Source: The Daily Economy
by Jorge Lemus Encalada“Can regulation work when a market changes faster than a case can be litigated? The Justice Department filed its antitrust case against Google in 2020. By the time Judge Amit Mehta issued his ruling in 2024, AI large-language models had already begun to change how people search for information online. As Judge Mehta put it, ‘the emergence of GenAI changed the course of this case.’ … In fast-moving technology sectors, markets often evolve while regulatory and legal processes are still underway, increasing the risk of ill-timed remedies.” (11/25/25)
- An Ignominious End to a Lawless Prosecution
Source: The Bulwark
by Kim Wehle“Monday’s dismissal of the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James — two critics of President Donald Trump whom he targeted in his campaign of political retribution — is a victory, or at least a mini-victory, for the rule of law. … Comey might personally be out of the woods, but the rule of law is not. For him, the statute of limitations has expired on the two-count indictment against him on dubious charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with his testimony before Congress. Bondi might try anyway; she has an argument that the government gets the benefit of a six-month statutory grace period to get another grand jury to indict him. But Currie’s ruling suggests that this provision doesn’t apply to an indictment brought by a fake U.S. attorney whose actual authority was no different from that of a random person off the street.” (11/25/25)
- Just Imagine What We Could Do If Democrats Weren’t Evil
Source: Town Hall
by Derek Hunter“We have a lot of problems in this country, as we always have. But, just for a minute, imagine we had a political class interested in addressing those problems in a way that benefited as many Americans as chose to avail themselves of the opportunity to improve their lot in life? That’s a wordy way of saying that the government should serve as a plow to clear the road ahead for everyone (of red tape, foreign and corporate interference, and anything else in the way) so everyone has a chance to make whatever they can, or would like, out of their lives. Instead of that plow, we have half the political establishment staring at the ground, shuffling their feet and, like a bad stage actor, unsure what to do with their hands. The other half is actively throwing as many obstacles as possible in that road …” (11/25/25)
- History Is Not a Science
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Wanjiru Njoya“The court historians, who insist that they have the only ‘correct’ view of history, like to claim that theirs is the only true version of history because it is based on primary sources. But they fail to distinguish between what the primary sources state, and their own interpretation of the significance to be attached to those sources. Moreover, their selection of which historical sources are to be given paramount importance, and which may safely be ignored, is often selected to fit within their own preferred theory.” (11/25/25)
- The Europeans pushing the NATO poison pill
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Eldar Mamedov“The recent flurry of diplomatic activity surrounding Ukraine has revealed a stark transatlantic divide. While high level American and Ukrainian officials have been negotiating the U.S. peace plan in Geneva, European powers have been scrambling to influence a process from which they risk being sidelined. While Europe has to be eventually involved in a settlement of the biggest war on its territory after World War II, so far it’s been acting more like a spoiler than a constructive player.” (11/25/25)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/europeans-nato-ukraine-deal/
- Rising, 11/25/25
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave gives his radar on the new X feature that allows user to see what country an account is based in, and how it could expose problems with the platform’s revenue sharing program.” (11/25/25)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/5621769-rising-november-25-2025/
- Ron Paul Liberty Report, 11/25/25
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Inside Bibi’s Diary.” (11/25/25)
- Capital Record, episode 270
Source: National Review
“The Next Fed Chair Should Be Kevin Warsh.” (11/25/25)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/capital-record/the-next-fed-chair-should-be-kevin-warsh/
- So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, 11/25/25
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
“Donor disclosure and campaign finance at SCOTUS.” (11/25/25/)
- Politico Playbook Audio Briefing, 11/25/25
Source: Politico
“Parsing Trump’s Ukraine peace plan.” (11/25/25)
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL4692691134.mp3?updated=1764051513
- Nonzero, 11/25/25
Source: bloggingheads.tv
“China Hawks in Retreat? (Robert Wright & Kaiser Kuo).” (11/25/25)
- The Bryan Hyde Show, 11/25/25
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“I’m forever grateful to Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos for his reasoned resistance to tyranny and his willingness to question the official version of things. I always feel a bit better after our weekly visit.” (11/25/25)
- Pod Save America, 11/25/25
Source: Crooked Media
“How Many Republicans Will Follow MTG?” (11/25/25)
- Trump Watch, 11/25/25
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“Jacob provides his up-to-date analysis of President Trump’s current actions with respect to Ukraine and Venezuela.” (11/25/25)
https://www.fff.org/freedom-in-motion/video/trump-watch-ukraine-and-venezuela/
- Uncanny Valley, 11/25/25
Source: Wired
“Can Tech Get Rid of Bad Trips?” (11/25/25)
https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-can-tech-get-rid-of-bad-trips/
- The Good Fight, 11/25/25
Source: Yascha Mounk
“Nate Soares on Why AI Could Kill Us All.” (11/25/25)